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Major Authors (Praxis II - 5047) Questions and Answers Latest Version Graded A+
Who wrote *The Waste Land*, a cornerstone of Modernist poetry?✔✔ T.S. Eliot
Which author is best known for the Southern Gothic novel *The Sound and the Fury*?✔✔ William Faulkner
Which British author wrote *Pride and Prejudice* and is known for social commentary in romantic fiction?✔✔ Jane Austen
Who is the American author of *Invisible Man*, exploring themes of identity and race?✔✔ Ralph Ellison
Which poet is known for the lines “Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me”? 1 / 3
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✔✔ Emily Dickinson
Who wrote *Slaughterhouse-Five*, a novel combining science fiction and anti-war themes?✔✔ Kurt Vonnegut
Which playwright wrote *Death of a Salesman* to critique the American Dream?✔✔ Arthur Miller
Who is the author of the epic poem *Paradise Lost*?✔✔ John Milton
Which major American novelist wrote *The Grapes of Wrath*, portraying the struggles of Dust Bowl migrants?✔✔ John Steinbeck
Who penned *Beloved*, a novel exploring the trauma of slavery?✔✔ Toni Morrison
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Which British author created the dystopian world of *1984*?✔✔ George Orwell
Who is the Victorian author of *Great Expectations* and *Oliver Twist*?✔✔ Charles Dickens
Who is known for writing *Song of Myself* and revolutionizing American poetry?✔✔ Walt Whitman
Which Romantic poet wrote *Ode on a Grecian Urn*?✔✔ John Keats
Who is the American author of *The Scarlet Letter*?✔✔ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Which Irish writer is known for the play *The Importance of Being Earnest*?✔✔ Oscar Wilde
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